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Great start to CMAW 2024!
Hospital Leaders deliver powerful messages to help address malnutrition by including patient voices, collaborating with champions and advocating for changes in nutrition and food.
Malnutrition in Canada - Unveiling the Need for Priority and Policy
New Whitepaper just released!
This Whitepaper from CMTF and CNS outlines Calls for Action for policymakers to prioritize malnutrition care and improve health outcomes for Canadians.
CMAW 2024 Sept 26 Joint CMTF-ASPEN webinar
Reaches full capacity!
Speakers Carla Prado, PhD, RD, FCAHS & Stacy Pelekhaty delivered powerful messages on how to address malnutrition when managing patients with obesity! Recording is now available from the CNS Education Portal.
Recipe4Residents Contest for LTC
Deadline extended to Nov 29!
We encourage those working in nutrition and food services in long term care to submit a nutrient dense recipe suitable for residents!
Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week™ (CMAW) 2024
Oct. 7-11, 2024
The theme this year, “ACT - ADVOCATE-COLLABORATE-TRANSFORM” will highlight strategies on how to gain support to advocate for better nutrition care and address malnutrition across healthcare settings.
Get Ready for CMAW 2024
Webinar Registrations Now Open!
This year, CMTF brings you a line up of 7 exciting webinars where nutrition experts and multidisciplinary speakers will share knowledge on the latest research, best practices and their insights around malnutrition care & advocacy. Register today!
Sneak peek- Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week Webinars and Buzz Kit!
Check out our CMAW 2024 webinar line up Oct 7-11 plus our joint session with ASPEN on September 26. Webinar registration opening soon! Our Buzz Kit contains button & sticker templates, social media messages & cards that will help you promote CMAW 2024 ACT-Advocate, Collaborate, Transform.
Recipes4Residents Recipe Contest for Long Term Care
Deadline August 21, 2024
CMTF and NiD (Nutrition in Disguise), a program available through the Ontario Centres for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care (CLRI) at the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA), are holding a recipe contest for LTC homes. Click below to learn more about prizes and other details.
CMTF engages with Hospital CEOs and Leaders
CMTF leaders engaged with corporate members of Canadian College of Health Leaders to increase awareness of malnutrition, understand challenges and to explore how best nutrition care practices could be adopted in hospitals.
Updates to be presented at one of the webinars during CMAW Oct 7-11.
Save the date! Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week
Oct 7-11, 2024
This year’s theme ACT: ADVOCATE-COLLABORATE-TRANSFORM aims to increase the awareness of malnutrition and the need to advocate & collaborate to transform current practices to improve nutrition care across all health care settings.
Updates on webinars, resources & promotional materials will be available at the link below.